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« on: August 28, 2003, 07:13:23 PM »
9/18/03 issue of Rolling Stone:

"The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"
http://www.rollingstone.com/features/coverstory/featuregen.asp?pid=1924

Yet another pointless list, but at least they got some of them right.  Before you look at the list, my advice is to completely disregard the ranking.  You could drive yourself insane wondering why some talentless hack is ranked in front of so many other geniuses.  More important is WHO THEY LEFT OUT.  It really makes you wonder.  I\'ll post something on the most offensive ommisions later.


1 Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes of Govt Mule
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG\'s
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Qeen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O\'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin\' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
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« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2003, 07:19:51 PM »
Every guitarist knows that Hendrix is not the best ever

IMO, Stevie Ray Vaughan is hands down
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« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2003, 07:27:29 PM »
HEY! I thought I was on that list! Just for the record, I was #101. :p
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« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2003, 07:29:26 PM »
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Originally posted by ViVi
Every guitarist knows that Hendrix is not the best ever

IMO, Stevie Ray Vaughan is hands down
Did you think before posting that?  Are you trolling?  Or do you just have no damn clue what the hell you\'re talking about?  I vote for option 3.

I love Stevie Ray, and he is a personal hero for me in many ways.  However, he patterned a large part of his technique on Hendrix.  He covered Hendrix songs on most of his albums, and played them at every performance.  He stated over and over that Hendrix was one of his greatest influences.  Jimi invented most of what the rest of the modern guitarists on this list take for granted.

To say that "Every guitarist knows that Hendrix is not the best ever" is incredibly wrong.  I challenge you to find a professional guitarist that DOES NOT SAY that Jimi was the best ever.  If they deny it, they\'re just trying to gain some publicity.  Hendrix was the greatest guitar genius on this or any other list, and he deserves to be No.1.
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« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2003, 07:30:33 PM »
I guess ViVi isn\'t allowed to have his own opinion.
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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2003, 07:32:11 PM »
WTF?  I\'ve defended ViVi before.

"Every guitarist knows that Hendrix is not the best ever"  is wrong.  Sorry, but you can\'t deny it.
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« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2003, 07:33:41 PM »
The qualifier is the word "Every". That sounds like a fact and not an opinion. Just so you know. :)

BTW....I was #101. :p
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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2003, 07:40:56 PM »
*shockwaves wants to insert Michael Romeo onto that list somewhere
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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2003, 07:45:54 PM »
Screw this list. There are so many legendary guitarists and some of them arent even on the friggin list. I certainly did not see Joe Satriani (Kirk Hammett\'s friggin mentor) and maybe even his friend/rival Steve Vai. On another note, Kurt Cobain was not one of the say "greatest" guitarists. I have respect for him w/o a doubt but hes not even up with those other guys. Buddy Guy easily is better than him and hes at #30.

W/e. If you have any common sense about "real" guitarists then you know this list is kinda f*cked. Not saying i dissagree completely but i dont see how there is any way people can be non biased and make an accurate top 100 list.


"66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour " man i didnt even catch this one. Thats old school. :D
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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2003, 07:48:13 PM »
Vernon Reid deserves to be higher on the list, if you care about rankings.  That guy is a monster.  His solo album "Mistaken Identity" is one of my all time favorites.  :)
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« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2003, 07:50:38 PM »
When Hendrix was asked who was the best guitarist in the world he said Phil Keggy.  My friend worships him.. surprised he\'s not on the list.
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« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2003, 07:55:35 PM »
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Vernon Reid deserves to be higher on the list, if you care about rankings.  That guy is a monster.  His solo album "Mistaken Identity" is one of my all time favorites.  :)

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« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2003, 08:02:59 PM »
Kermit the Frog\'s performance in the song "The Rainbow Connection" should have him at #12. He was rockin!
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« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2003, 08:10:27 PM »
Aaron Lewis!!!!!!!!!!!

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« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2003, 08:19:12 PM »
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When Hendrix was asked who was the best guitarist in the world he said Phil Keggy.  My friend worships him.. surprised he\'s not on the list.
Hendrix also said that about Terry Kath of Chicago, another guy who didn\'t make the list.  :(
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